Musou Knight: Crow of Cinders-Chapter 72: Friendly Instructor and Seniors?

Chapter 72 – Friendly Instructor and Seniors?

I couldn’t look at Lenitia and Lia from this position, but I bet they were reluctant. None of them uttered a word.

Solus laughed. "I know you two are women. Don’t be afraid of these fools. I’ve already tamed them. Only those buffoons from the regular classes are the ones that you should worry about."

I lifted my neck and gazed at Solus even though my vision was still blurry and rocking. Several bodyguards lifted their helmets and revealed their faces.

Out of 30 knights, 12 were women?

Those were a lot! I thought only few pursued the path of a knight.

One of the seniors commented. "Don’t be afraid, ladies. I know there are idiots that will mess with you and your master, but those thugs of our generations have already been purged."

Another added. "Yeah. Anybody who took advantage of women before were all crippled. Master personally wrecked them."

A female bodyguard chuckled. "You should have seen Master Ferrum’s fury. One thug got his nuts cracked. He’s now a she."

Everybody burst into laughter. Even Solus grinned.

Solus assured them. "Relax. Under my watch, no one may disrespect brave ladies."

I remembered this. Solus in the game was well-known for his honor and principles. That protagonist from the central plain recruited Solus Ferrum after Louis Zen’s death because of these traits.

As I sat up, Lenitia and Lia removed their helmets, revealing their beauties. Looking at them, my blurry vision healed, and I got a better look at the bodyguard ladies.

Hoh, boy. Was this level of beauty common among healthy female knights all along? For a moment, I thought I was in an idol agency. I hoped they didn’t have big boobas like Lenitia and Lia. I wouldn’t mind muscle women.

Whoops. My bad.

The male bodyguards and the senior students all acknowledged and expressed approval, but no one displayed lustful expressions or suggested inappropriate conduct.

Solus explained.

"You might have heard the old rumor. That was the time before I had become an instructor here. At that period, an instructor always blackmailed female knights into doing those things with him. His disciples and aristocrat brats played along and messed up the system. When I accepted this duty and arrived here for the first day, I purged everybody in front of Lord Zen. Well, the rest is history. Here we are, a proper military academy. Again, nobody may misbehave under my watch."

"Yup!"

The senior students all raised their thumbs. The female bodyguards also smiled and gazed at Solus with deep respect.

Solus added further.

"Also, just so you know, I train everybody, including their bodyguards. As long as you’re under level 6, I’ll work on you until you drop. Now, ladies. Remove those useless armor and show me your skills. Of course, no musou allows. Don’t cheat."

Lenitia’s mouth dropped. She glanced at me.

"Just try." 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝐰𝚎𝕓𝐧𝚘𝘃𝗲𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝕞

With my approval, Lenitia removed her breastplate, metal leggings, gauntlets, and shoulder guards, leaving only her bracers and boots for light protection.

Lia, however, put the helmet back on. She sighed.

"Unfortunately, I’ll reject the offer for the moment. I’ll protect my lord, my way."

"No harm." Solus smirked and turned to Lenitia, who was enthusiastic on receiving a lesson from a veteran knight.

I turned to Lenitia and frowned. Lia leaned closer and whispered her reason.

"I forgot to wear clothes. I have only my underwear on."

You exhibitionist.

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Long story short, Lenitia dropped after four exchanges. She got ’weak foundation, weak physique, and acceptable reflex’ as comments.

After Lenitia got knocked out, Lia nursed her. Solus turned to me next.

"I haven’t done with you yet, little brat. What’s your name?"

"...Crow, sir."

"Last name?"

Lia answered it for me. "Three-Legged, sir."

The crowd burst into laughter. Even Solus found the fake surname amusing.

"You? That big?" Solus pointed at my groin.

Lia nodded. "I can attest, sir."

Whistles erupted from the crowd, and the uproarious laughter reverberated across the field. The female knights were surprised and raised their eyebrows, but their masters’ disapproving gaze quickly silenced their mischievous ideas. Thank you, but cuck you, seniors. I was looking for maids or security personnel for Lia and Lenitia.

"Alright, Sir Big Nuts. Here is your training regiment. Run around the field, full-strength, while carrying this longsword. No rest. Complete a lap as fast as you can!"

Solus tossed me a dull longsword. When I grabbed it, the object almost fell from my hand because of its weight. Based on my feeling, it should be over 50 kilograms.

Carrying this and running a lap full force?

"Go, Sir Big Nut!"

Solus smacked my butt with his wooden sword, sending me running. The seniors cackled once more.

Solus turned to Lenitia and Lia. He picked up the same swords from a rack and tossed them toward the ladies.

"You too. Go run with your master. Whatever your master do, you bodyguards have to do the same."

"..."

Reluctantly, they received the heavy swords and prepared to run. However, Solus wasn’t finished with them.

"You girl. Put your armor back on. Run while wearing those."

"Huh?" Lenitia stared at Solus in shock.

"No questioning. Put your useless butt to work! Run! Lose those fat flesh!"

"Y-Yes, sir!"

Poor them, but he was right.

And thus, we began our spatan training, sharing the field with the senior students.

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At noon, I, Lenitia, and Lia were planking while balancing a heavy metal plate on our back. The task was to remain in this position until Solus counted to 100. If the plate dropped or one of us failed the planking, everybody restarted from the beginning.

Lia and Lenitia had it hard since they had to wear full-plate armor and helmet all the time. For my part, Solus made me wear leather braces and shin guards that were packed with weighted sand.

We were dying after three hours of HIIT workout. I lost count how many times I puked, yet Solus shoved us stamina potions and made us redo everything.

My physique was already on the thin side. After this training session, my fat ratio should drop to under 5%.

Finally, while we were tortured, the other nine elites and their followers arrived. Two unfamiliar faces showed up in the mix as they dethroned two of the former rankers. One of them was a female knight candidate.

Upon their arrival, they gave us a mocking glance. The crown prince was still there, flaunting his two concubines by his side.

He pointed at me and laughed.

"What are you doing, crawling on the dirt?"

All seniors stopped training on their own and shot them a glare. They sneered back.

"Well, well. It has been a while, indeed."

"Yes. Fresh meat."

"Ah, the arrogance. The confidence. How long has it been?"